Dirty
The city was pretty clean, on par with any big cities I have seen. I have been in a lot of dirtier cities (Home city Jakarta, I am pointing hard at you). Case closed.
Traffic
I can’t say that this is not true. There is (terrible) traffic, especially around the peak hours. The major culprit of this traffic is the development of a highway across the city that has been going on for years. The trick is to avoid peak hours. We were on holiday anyway so it was easy to adjust our schedule to avoid traffic.
Cabs are shady business
First and foremost, NEVER hail a taxi directly from the street. That’s what I was told from many of my Bogotan friends, so I downloaded an app for taxi called Tappsi. Easy to use, trustable, and you will get your taxi anywhere you are. This apps also works in most other big cities in Colombia. Seriously tho, this apps is ZE application you need to have when you are in Colombia. At first, we were thinking to take the Trans Milenio (Bogota bus system) to go around, but it is often too crowded and taxi fares are relatively cheap, so we opted to take a taxi wherever we went.
First and foremost, NEVER hail a taxi directly from the street. That’s what I was told from many of my Bogotan friends, so I downloaded an app for taxi called Tappsi. Easy to use, trustable, and you will get your taxi anywhere you are. This apps also works in most other big cities in Colombia. Seriously tho, this apps is ZE application you need to have when you are in Colombia. At first, we were thinking to take the Trans Milenio (Bogota bus system) to go around, but it is often too crowded and taxi fares are relatively cheap, so we opted to take a taxi wherever we went.
